Reading about them increases our understanding without dispelling our fears.
閱讀有關昆蟲的書能增加我們對它們的了解，卻不能消除我們的恐懼的心理。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 54 Instinct or cleverness
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 閱讀;宣讀;讀物;讀數;
v. 讀( read的現在分詞);看懂;理解;顯示，標明;
?? read閱讀+ing名詞后綴 → 閱讀
"He spent three years reading for a degree in history."
他花了三年時間攻讀歷史學的學位.
近義：lesson, perusal, read, recital, readout, result
vt. 理解，懂得;熟知，通曉;獲知，理解;諒解;
vi. 理解，懂得;表示同情或諒解;據說;
n. 認識，了解;諒解;知識;
adj. 能諒解的;寬容的;通情達理的;
?? under下+stand站立+ing名詞后綴 → 理解
"an imperfect understanding of English"
對英語的不透徹理解
近義：idea, insight, knowledge, assimilation, notion, perception
反義：incoherence, incomprehension, disagreement, inharmony, nonapproval, nonconformity
v. 驅散, 趕跑( dispel的現在分詞 )
近義：scatter, scattering, disbandment, dispersal, dispersion, dissipation